T H 

J5 



1899. 



IMEW ENGIJ^ND 



RETAIL PRICE LIST 



LUMBiNG Goods, 



F»I2IOE^, ^l.SO. 



COPYRIGHTED. 



HERBERT E. JENNKON, 



nTCHBURG, MASS. 



SECOND GOPV, 




LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. 



Chap. Copyright No.. 

Shelf.TAilZ ^ ^"" 

Jy 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 



'■i'n 



1899. 



NEW ENGLAND RETAIL 
PRICE LIST OF 

Plumbing Goods. 



I=>RICE, «1.60. 



COPYRIGHTED. 

/ 

HERBERT E. JENNISON, 

/f 

HTCHBURG, MASS. 

L . 



Master Plumbers: 

In compiling these retail prices, it 
has been the aim of the author to 
secure the long prices from the largest 
and most successful retailers through- 
out New England, and it is a FACT 
that the retailers who have had the 
courage to charge what belongs to 
them— A FAIR PROFIT— are the 
ones who have prospered, and stand 
most respected* 31258 

DO THOU LIKEWISE, and you 
will have a nest-egg for your old age* 

Don^t be afraid to charge your own 
friends: they are the ones who should 
support you, and be the last ones to 
get a cut price* 

The margin line is left to insert any 
needed changes* ^^-J?//Q 

Wjpeo^^iES ^ecnivEq^espectfulIy, - ^^ - 

m^ .HERBERT E* JENNISON* 

APR i« 1899 )) V'^\n^ 



i{ : 




INDEX. 



Closets __-------- 4 

Lavatories ----.._.- 12 

Bath Combinations- - - - - - - - 15 

Wash Trays --------- 17 

Country Home - - - - ----- 18 

City Cottage --------- 19 

Standard Soil Pipe and Fittings - - - - 37 

Extra Heavy Soil Pipe and Fittings - - - 38 

Vent Pipe ---------- 40 

Sinks — Wash Trays — Lead 41 

Galvanized Pipe — Brass Pipe, Iron Size — Brass 

Tubing, Fine Thread ------ 42 

Brass Work --------- 43 

Boilers ----------- 44 

Bath Tubs — Earthenware — Tanks and Seats - 45 

Marble ----------- 46 

Short Method of Estimating ----- 47 




COMBINATION NUMBER 2. 



No. 2 — Short Hopper with enameled trap, softwood 
tank, hard wood seat and flush pipe, complete 

$20.00 




COMBINATION NUMBER 3. 



Xo. 3 — Combined Hopper and Trap, with hardwood 
seats, soft wood tank and flush pipe, floor 
flange and gasket, complete $23.00 





COMBINATION NUMB:ER 4. 

No, 4 — Same bowl as Combination No. 3, with 
flange and gasket, hardwood seat with hard- 
wood tank and N. P. flush pipe $30.00 




COMBINATION NUMBER 5. 

No. 5 — Washout bowl with same details as No. 4, 

complete $33.00 





COMBINATION NUT,IBKR 6. 

No. 6 — Wash-down syphon bowl with flange and 
gasket, hardwood tank with back board, 
N. P. supiDly and flush pipes, with slip joint, 
ivory pull and N.P. chain guide, complete $37.00 




COMBINATION NUMBER 7 



No. 7— Syphon Jet bowl with flange and gasket, 
hardwood seat atta hed to bowl, hardwood 
tank with back board, N. P. supply and flush 
pipes, ivory pull and N. P. chain guide, 
complete $45.00 



10 




COMBINATION NUMBE^R 8. 

No. 8 — Washout bowl (large) with flange and gas- 
ket, hardwood seat attaehed to bowl, and 
all other details same as No. 7, complete $37.00 



11 




COMBINATION NUMB:ER 9- 

No. 9^Lo\Y Down, Syphon bowl, with flange and 

gasket, hardwood seat attached to bowl, 

•hardwood low down tank and full N. P. 

connections including slip joint and bottom 

supply, complete $37.00 




I/AVATORY NUMBE;R 2,. 

Complete, as shown $20.00 

with straight waste to floor without 

trap 17.00 





T.AVATOKY NUMBER 4. 



14. X 17 Bowl, 20 X 26 Marble 
15 X i 9 " 22 X 30 



$22.00 
28. Ou 



14 




RHCKSS I/AVATORY NUMBIER 7- 



14 X 17, 20 X 26 Marble 

15 X 19, 22 X 30 



$25.00 
30.00 



15 




BATH COMBINATION NUMBi^R 4. 



5 ft. Steel Glad Copper 
51/2 ^t. *' 



$25.00 
30.00 



16 




BATH COMBINATION NUMB:ER 8. 



5 ft. Knamcl, with trimmings 

0V2 ft. 



$35.00 
40.00 




For prices, see page 41, 



18 



A COUNTRY HOME. 




We print this plan to show people living at 
a distance from pressure water, how they can 
have the modern conveniences. The cesspool 
is not shown, but should be located about 40 
feet from the house. 



19 



A CITY COTTAGE. 




/r./fAp. 



PLAN OF SINGLE TENEMENT HOUSE, 
With full set of Fixtures. 



20 



FALSE ECONOMY. 



In estimating the contract price for work, 
figure on the basis of £rst-class fittings, ma- 
terial and workmanship. 

Inferior work should not be done at any 
price. 

In many cases the ''lowest bidder' \ in his 
over-anxiety to secure a contract, finding 
that he has promised more than he is able to 
perform without pecuniary loss, casts about 
to find some secret place where he can 
economize in materials or workmanship, or 
both. 

In due time the results of this economy will 
manifest themselves, and the sequel prove 
that, instead of having been the lowest y he 
was really the highest bidder, as the recon- 
struction necessary to render the job satis- 
factory often necessitates an outlay equal to 
the original ^'lov^est bid", not to mention 
the annoyance incident thereto. 



21 



22 



23 



24 



25 



26 



27 



28 



29 



30 



31 



32 



33 



34 



35 



3G 



37 



2 in. Pipe 

3 •* " 

4 " " 

5 " " 



Double hub pipe, same price. 

2 in. Trap 

3 " " 

4 *.' .. 

2 " T or Y, or T-Y 

3 .. .. 

4 " '♦ 

2 '• Double T or Y, or T-Y 

3 .. 

4 " 

2 ** Bend or Double Hub 

3 .. .. 

4 •* " 

2 •' Vent Branch 

3 .. 

4 *' 

2 " Otfset 

3 " 

4. •• 

Vent Cap or Increaser, any size 
Reducer, any size 
Plug, any size, 



D FITTING. 


.15 

.18 

.24 
.30 

.60 






.90 
1.25 

.45 
.60 

.90 
.75 






1.00 
1.26 




^ 


.30 
.40 






.50 
.75 

1.00 
1.25 

.50 

.75 
1.00 

.60 

.40 










.25 





SH 


1 




BXTRA HKAVY SOII, PIPE; AND 




' 


FITTINGS. 






2 in. Pipe 


.21 




3 •* •• 


.33 




4 •♦ " 


.45 




5 •• •' 


.60 




2 in. Trap 


1 1.00 




3 ** 


1.50 




4 «• - 


2.00 




5 " 


3.00 




2 " Tor Y. orT-Y 


.60 




3 " '• 


1.00 




^ ti <t << It. 


1.20 




5 " *• 


1.50 




2 •' Double T or Y. or T-Y 


1.00 




3 *. 


1.25 




4 " 


1.50 




5 *' 


2.25 




2 " Bend or Double Hub 


.40 




3 M 


.55 




4 " 


.80 




5^" .. 


1.00 




2 *' Vent Branch 


l.OO 




3 .. 


1.25 




4 ' 


1.50 




5 " 


2. GO 




2 '' Offset 


.65 




3 ♦' 


.80 




4 ** 


1.00 




5 •* " 


1..^0 




Vent Cap or Increaser, any size 


1.00 




Reducer, any size 


.50 




Plug:, any size 


.25 





39 



BXTRA Hl^AVY SOIi; PIP^ AXD 
FITTINGS. (Contintied.) 

2 in. Hublcss Bend .50 

4> " Long ** 2.00 

4 •* ** Y 2.50 

INCIDBNTAI^S XJSl^D WITH SOIi; PIPING. 

2 in. End Cleanouts, Iron Body .60 

.76 

1.00 
1.25 

.75 
1.00 

1.25 
1.50 

1.25 
1.50 
2.00 
2.50 

7.00 

9.00 

.50 

.75 

1.25 
1.00 

1.25 
1.50 

.50 

1.00 

1.25 

1.50 
2.00 



3 ** 


(( (< t( 


4 •• 


<< «i 4< 


5 ♦• 


«i «( <t 


2 " 


** Brass 


3 " 


«( i« <( 


4, •♦ 


i< (< «( 


5 ♦• 


<< i< (( 


2 " 


Running Cleanouts 


3 " 


«< <« 


4 •• 


«( (« 


5 *• 


i( t( 


4 ♦' 


Sewer or Tide Valve 


5 •' 


it (« <i 


2 " 


Brass Sleeve, straight 


3 '* 


«< <« «< 


4 •' 


- 


2 *' 


Brass Bend, ** 


3 •* 


H << It 


4 " 


1. 



Brass Hub, 2 x 3 in. 

2 in. Brass Sleeve with Union and 

114 in. Coupling 
2 in. Brass Sleeve with Union and 

IV^ in. Coupling 
2 in. Brass Sleeve with Union and 

2 in. Coupling 
Roof Flanges, any kind or size 



40 



USKD WITH soil/ PIPING. 

(Continued.) 



2 in. 


Drive Hooks 


3 " 


(< (( 


4 •' 


- 


5 " 


(< i( 


2 " 


Pipe Clamps 


3 " 


(t <( 


4 *' 


M 


5 " 


<< (( 



Hangers for Soil Pipe, any size 
Enameled Hopper Trap 
Calking Lead, per lb. 
Oakum, per lb. 

Putty, " •' 
Solder, ** " 

Gasoline, " gal. 

VENT PIPE. 

2 in. Galv., per foot 

3 .. 

4 .. 

5 * 

6 " 

7 " 

8 ** 

2 ** •• Adjustable Ells, each 

3 " 

4 in. Galv. Adjustable Ells, each 

5 '• 

6 '' 

/^(( i« <( a n 

8 •• *• 



.15 
.20 

.25 
.30 

.20 
.25 

.30 
.35 

.40 
2.50 

.07 
.15 

.05 
.32 

.25 

.10 
.15 

.20 
.25 

.30 
.35 

.40 
.14 

.21 
.28 

.35 

.42 

.49 
.56 





41 




SINKS. 


3 foot Plumbers 




3^2" 




4 *' 




3 " Magee 




3V2 " 




4 " 





3 foot Soapstone or Slate 

3V2 " 

4 ** •• " 

Extra for 12 or 15 in. Back 
" ** One Shelf and Ends 

" *' Two Shelves and Ends 
WASH TRAYS. 

2-part Soapstone, Slate or Artificial 
3-part 

Extra for 6 in. Back 

314 foot Sink and Single Tray Combined, 

with High Back 
Wash Tray Legs, each 

I<KAD. 

Pipe, per lb. 

Sheet " " 
Calking " " 

Lead Pipe Tacks, per pair 

Tinned Clips, each 

4 in. Round Lead Trap 



5 • 


<( <> n 


6 ' 


(< it << 


IV4' 


Trap, Bottle or Clean Sweep 


iy2' 


«.< it .i 


4 ' 


Lead Bend 



Block Tin Pipe per lb. 



2.50 
2.75 
3.50 
3.50 

4.25 
5.50 



12.00 
14.00 
16.00 
5.00 
10.00 
20.00 

18.00 
30.00 

5.00 

30.00 
1.00 

.10 
.10 
.07 

.10 
.04 

2.00 
3.00 

4.00 
1.00 

1.25 
2.00 

.60 



42 






GAI.VA.NI^£;D PIPBv 






y2 in. Pipe, per foot 




■ .10 


3/^ - - - '' 




i '^^ 


^ '• Fittings, each 




.12 


3/4 - 




; .18 


14 *' Union, each 




.25 


% " " 




.30 


BRASS PIPIS, IRON SI^;B. 






y2in. Pipe, per foot 




.40 


• / i< (< (< (( 




.45 


54 " " Nickeled, per foot 




.55 

.60 


H " '• " " *' 




14 " Fittings, Rough, each 




.40 
.45 


^ " Return Bend*' 




.60 


1/2 '* Union, Finished 




.60 


H " " 




.90 


V2 *' Fittings '* 




.80 


^ - 




.90 
.95 


3/2 " *' Nickeled 




3^ - 




1.05 


Brass Coil instead of Water-front, single 


loop 


5 00 


Brass Coil, double loop, or single 


loop 


i 


extending on back of fire-pot 




8.00 


BRASS TUBING, FIN:^ THRBAD. 




% in. Tubing, per foot 




.25 


M " " " " 




.30 , 


5/8 " " Nickeled, per foot 




.40 ' 


^ a a „ n «. 




.45 


% " F. T. Fittings, Rough, each 




.25 


% " '' ' 


; 


.30 


y^ " " Union, Finished, " 


! 


.50 


M " '' 




.75 


% " ** Fittings, 


1 


.50 



43 



BRASS TUBING, FIN^ THREAD. 

(Contintted.) 

5i in. P. T. Fittings, Finished, each 
H '♦ " " Nickeled, 

BRASS WORK. 

y2 in. Stop and Waste, Rough 

5/8 - - - 

9/ (( (< «« << i< 

-| (« it H <( (( 

14 ** stop, Comp. or Lever, Finished 
14 " " " " Nickeled 

a/ (( (( (( (< <( 

^ •• Sill-Cock, Nickeled 

H ** Plain or Hose Bibb, Finished, 

g/ <( (t << it n 

V2 " " *' " Nickeled 

Extra for Stuffing Box, each 
•* Croton Filter, " 
if Flange Bibb 
" " *' Nut and Bent Coupling 

Basin Cock, 2-arni 
4-arm 

Extra for Stuffing Box 

'* *• N. P. Supplies to floor, each 
Pantry Cock, each 
Double Bath Cock, hot and cold 
Extra for N. P. Supplies to floor, pair 
Ball Cock, any kind 
Boiler Valve 
Vacuum ** 



.60 
.66 
.75 

1.25 



1.76 I 
1.75 ) 
2.50 
1.25 
1.75 i 

1.25 
1.75 
1.75 
1.00 

1.25 
1.50 
1.25 
1.50 
1.75 

.50 
.35 
.25 
.75 

1.50 

1.75 

.50 

1.50 

3.00 
4.00 

3.00 
2.50 
1.00 
1.00 



44 

I 

BRASS WORK. (Continued.) 

Cage Valve 2.00 

Syphon " 3.00 

Slow-Closing Valve 4.00 

Water-Front Couplings, per set 1.50 

Hopper Cock . 1.50 

Hopper Clamp, each ' .20 

Basin " " j .20 

Basin Plug * 1.00 

Bath " .50 
Wash-Tray Plug j 1.25 

5 in. Brass Cesspool 2.00 

^2 " Solder Nipple .25 

li - " - .35 

1 *' '♦ " .40 

11^'* '* '* .50 

IV2 " " " -07 

Brass Bibb Thimble .15 

N. P. Chain, per foot .05 

N. P. '' Stay. No. 2 .50 

N. P. Basin Waste, straight 3.00 

N. P. *• Trap and Waste 5.00 

N. P. ** Brackets. Iron, per pair 2.00 

N. P. ** " Brass, " " 4.00 

BOII/IBRS. 

30 gal. Galvanized 13.00 

40 •' " 15.00 

20.00 

27.00 
18.00 

20.00 
35.00 

45.00 
1.25 



60 *' 


** 


80 ** 


n 


30 " 


Copper, Cistern 


40 " 


<( (< 


30 ** 


" Pressure 


40 " 


(t li 


Boiler Stands 



45 

BATH TUBS. 

12 oz. Common Copper, complete 

with Trimmings 15.00 

14 ditto ditto 17.00 

16 ditto ditto 19.00 

5 foot Steel Clad, complete with Trimmings 25.00 

5V2 ditto ditto 30.00 
5 foot Stock Enameled Iron, complete 

with Trimmings 35.00 

5y2 ditto ditto 40.00 

Above are with Plug and Chain. 

KARTHBNWARB. « 

Short Hopper Bowl 4.00 

Combined Hopper and Trap 10.00 

Washout 12.00 

Wash-down Syphon 15.00 

Jet Syphon 18.00 



Urinals List 

Basin 12, 13, 14, 15 in. 2.00 

14x17 2.50 

" 15 X 19 3.00 

TANKS AND SBAT.S. 

Closet Tank and Trim 'gs, softwood 6.00 

hardwood 10.00 

Attic Tank and Trimmings, 40 gal. 15.00 

" 60 ** 20.00 

Hard Wood Seat and Legs 4.00 

** " " " Back 4.00 

" attached to bowl 5.00 



46 

MARBIyB. 

Italian Slabs, plain, % in. per foot 

'• 134 " " " 
" countersunk, % in. per foot 

" 114 " " 

Knoxville or Tenn., plain, % ** " '* 

'• 114 " " " 
** " countersunk, 

%in. per foot 
" ** countersunk, 

114 ill- per foot 
No deduction for use of stock code sizes. 

GBNBRAI^. 

Water Front, Iron, straight 

" angle 
Water Pressure Regulator, minimum 

Enameled Slop Safe 

Closet Pull, common 

Labor, per day of 9 hours, two men 

Labor, less than full day, 2 men, per h'r 
** " " "journeyman" 
it u it a u helper " 



, 1.00 

: 1.20 

1.35 

1.45 

I 1.25 

* 1.40 

1.50 

1.65 



5.00 

7.00 
12.00 

1.50 

.25 

6.00 

.75 
.50 

.25 



4.7 



Short Method of Bstimating:. 


Re- 
tail 


Con- 
nec- 
ted 


Pro- 
fit 


ROUGHING. 








1 Tenement 




75 


20 


2 




100 


25 


3 *♦ 




150 


35 


4 




175 


40 


6 




200 


50 


Base is 1 Sink, 1 Closet, 1 Basin, 1 


Bath. 






Add for each extra fixture 




15 


3 


4 Ten. Hopper, Roof Line 




25 


5 


Q << H (« (( 




35 


7 


2 in. Conductor Outlets 




6 


1 


3 <c 




8 


2 


Cellar Drain and Tide Valve 




12 


2 


10 ft. through wall 




4 


1 


VBNT SHAFT. 








1 Tenement 




10 


4 


2 




15 


5 


3 




20 


6 


4 




25 


7 


6 




35 


8 


SINKS. 








SVaft. Iron 




12 


4 


" Soapstone 


20 


30 


5 


/* 15 in. Back 


25 


35 


7 


*' " " 1 shelf 


30 


50 


S 


n I. u (I 2 *< 


35 


45 


10 


If 4 ft., add 20%. 








BOII/BRS. 








30-gal. Galv. and Supplies 




50 


10 


40 " 




85 


20 


30 ** Cop. Press. '* 




75 


20 


40 " «♦ 




85 


20 


Range Connection 




10 


2 



48 



ROUGHING. (Continaed.) 



Re- ^""-Pro- 
tail "1^- fit 



Water front, Iron 

Cistern job same as Cop. Press. 

Base is 1 Sink, 1 Basin, 1 Bath. 
Add for each extra fixture 

' CI/OSBT COMBINATIONS. 

2 Hopper and Seat, Com. tank 

3 Comb. Hopper and Seat, with 

Com, tank 

4 ditto with hardwood tank 

5 Washout and seat, w^ith hard- 

wood tank 

6 Wash-down Syphon with seat 

attached and hardwood tank 

7 Set Syphon with seat attached 

and hardw^ood tank 

8 Washout, large, w^ith seat at- 

tached and hardwood tank 

9 Low-dow^n Syphon w^ith seat 

attached and hardwood tank 
BATH-TUBS AND TRIMMINGS 

COMPI^BTB TO FI/OOR. 
1 Com. any length or ounce 

4 Steel Clad, 5 foot 

5 *' " SVs" 

8 Enameled 5 '' 

9 " SVa'* 



20 

23 

30 

37 
37 
45 

37 
37 



15 3 

30 6 

33 8 

40 12 

47 12 

47 12 

55 12 

47 12 

47 12 



18 


28 


6 


25 


35 


8 


30 


40 


8 


35 


45 


10 


40 


50 


10 



49 

i;avatoribs and trim- «._ 

MINGS COMPI^ETB TO f^|. 

2 14 inch Bowl, 19x23 or 20x26 17 

3 Same as No. 2, only with Pat- 

ent Waste 20 

4 14x17 Bowl, 20x26 Pat. Waste 22 

5 15x19 " 22x30 " " 28 

7 14x17 Recess, 20x26 *' '* 25 

8 15x19 " 22x30 " " 30 

9 111^x14 Enameled Basin 

10 15x19 " '* 

11 20x26 *' 
WASH-TRAYS WITH COCKS 

AND PIVUGS. 

Single Part 20 30 8 

Two-Part 30 45 10 

Three-Part 45 60 10 





27 


7 


30 


7 


32 


8 


38 


9 


35 


8 


40 


9 


12 


3 


14 


5 


17 


7 



50 



51 



52 



53 



STATE LAW* 

[Chap. 455.] 

An Act relating to the licensing of plumbers and 
THE Supervision of the business of plumbing. 

Be it enacted, etc., as follows : 

Section 1. No person, firm or corporation shall en- 
gage in or work at the business of plumbing, either as 
a master or employing plumber, or as a journeyman 
plumber, unless such person, firm or corporation has 
received a license or certificate therefor in accordance 
with the provisions of this act. The words "practical 
plumber," as used in this act, shall be deemed to mean 
a person who has learned the business of plumbing, by 
working for at least two years either as an apprentice 
or under a verbal agreement for instruction, and who 
has then worked for at least one year as a first-class 
journeyman plumber. The word "journeyman," as 
used in this act, shall be deemed to mean one who per- 
sonally does any work in plumbing which is subject to 
inspection, under chapter four hundred and nineteen of 
the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-tw^o, 
or under any ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation 
made under the authority of this act. 

Section 2. Any person not engaged in or working 
at the business of plumbing prior to the tenth day of 
July in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and 
designing to engage in or work at said business, either 
as a master or employing plumber, or as a journeyman 
plumber, shall apply to the board of health having 
jurisdiction in the locality where he intends to engage 
in or work at said business, except in cities or towns 
where the inspector of buildings has control of the en- 
forcement of the regulations regarding plumbing, where 
such application shall be made to the inspector of build- 
ings, and shall, at such time and place as may be desig- 
nated by the board of examiners hereinafter provided 
for, to whom such applications shall be referred, be 
examined as to his qualifications for such business. On 
or before the first day of September in the year eighteen 



54 

hundred and ninet3'^-four every master or employing 
plumber, and every journeyman plumber, engaged in or 
working at the business of plumbing in this common- 
wealth prior to the tenth day of July in the year 
eighteen hundred and ninetj^- three, and desiring to en- 
gage in or work at said business in any city or town 
where licenses for plumbers are required, shall person- 
ally register his name and address at the office of the 
board of health or of the inspector of buildings to whom 
applications for licenses are to be made in such city or 
town, and state after being sworn where and how long 
he has been engaged in or has worked at said business 
and whether as a master or employing plumber, or as 
a journeyman plumber. Said board of health or in_ 
spector of buildings, if satisfied that the person so 
registering w^as actually engaged in or w^orking at said 
business prior to said date shall thereupon issue to him 
a certificate, setting forth that he was engaged in or 
working at the business of plumbing either as a master 
or employing plumber, or as a journeyman plumber, as 
the case may be, prior to the tenth 6siy of July in the 
year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and authoriz- 
ing him to engage in or work at said business, either as 
a master or employing iDlumber, or as a journeyman 
plumber. The fee for a certificate for a master or em- 
ploying plumber shall be two dollars ; for a journeyman 
plumber it shall be fifty cents. Said certificates shall be 
valid and have force throughout the Commonwealth. 
In the case of a firm or corporation the examination 
and licensing of, or the registration of and granting a 
certificate to any one member of the firm or the man- 
ager of the corporation shall satisfy the requirements 
of this act. 

Section 3. There shall be in every cit3', and in each 
town of five thousand inhabitants or more, and in each 
town having a sj'^stem of water supply or sewerage, a 
board of examiners of plumbers, consisting of the chair- 
man or such other member of the board of health as 
said board may designate, and in cities or towns hav- 
ing an inspector of buildings, the inspector of buildings 
of said city or town, who shall be members ex-ofiicio of 
said board and serve without compensation, and a 
third member, who shall be a practical plumber of at 
least five years' continued practical experience either as 
a master or as a journeyman during the years next pre- 
ceding the date of appointment. Said third member 
shall be appointed by board of health of said city or 



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town within three months from the passage of this act 
for the term of one year from the first day of May in 
the year of the appointment, and thereafter annually 
before the first day of June, and shall be allowed a sum 
not exceeding five dollars for each day of actual service, 
to be paid from the treasury of said city or town : 
provided that if in any city or town there is no inspect- 
or of buildings, said board of health, shall also appoint 
the second member of said board of examiners, whose 
term of office and compensation shall be the same as is 
heretofore provided for said third member. 

Section 4. Said board of examiners shall, as soon 
as may be after the appointment of said third member, 
meet and organize b\' the selection of a chairman, and 
shall then designate the times and places for the exam- 
ination of all applicants desiring to engage in or work 
at the busintss of plumbing within their respective 
jurisdictions. Said board shall examine said applicants 
as to their practical knowledge of plumbing, house 
drainage and plumbing ventilation, and shall submit 
the applicant to some satisfactorj' form of practical 
test, and if satisfied of the competency of the applicant 
shall so certify to the board of health or inspector of 
buildings in their rcspectiA'e city or town. Said board 
or inspector shall thereupon issue a license to such ap- 
plicant, authorizing him to engage in or work at the 
business of plumbing, either as a master or employing 
plumber, or as a journeyman plumber. The fee for a 
license for a master or employing plumber shall be two 
dollars; for a journeyman plumber it shall be fifty 
cents. Said licenses shall be valid and have force 
throughout the Commonwealth, and shall be renewed 
annually upon a paym* nt of a fee of fifty cents. In case 
of a removal beyond the jurisdiction of the board or 
inspector issuing the original license it may be renewed 
by any board having like authority. 

Section 5. The board of health, or inspector of 
buildings where such inspector has control of the en- 
forcement of the regulations regarding plumbing, of each 
city and town mentioned in section three ol this act, 
shall, within three months from the passage of this act, 
appoint one or more inspectors of plumbing, who shall 
be practical plumbers of at least five years' continued 
practical experience, either as masters oras joume^'^men. 
during the years next preceding the date of appoint- 
ment, and who shall hold office until removed by said 
board or inspector for cause, which must be shown. 



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All such inspectors shall before appointment be sub- 
jected to an examination before the civil ser\rice 
commission. The compensation of such inspectors shall 
be determined by the board or inspector appointing 
them, subject to the approval of the city council or 
selectmen, and shall be paid from the treasury of their 
respective cities or towns. Said inspectors shall 
inspect all plumbing work for w^hich permits are here- 
after granted within their respective jurisdiction, in 
process of construction, alteration or repair, and shall 
report to said board or inspector all violations of any 
law, ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation relating to 
plumbing work; and also perform stich other appro- 
priate duties as may be required. The approval of any 
plumbing by any other inspectors than those provided 
for under this act shall not be deemed a compliance 
with the provisions thereof. 

Section 6. No inspector of plumbing in any city or 
town shall inspect or approve any plumbing work done 
b3^ himself, or any person by whom he is employed, or 
who is employed by or with him, but in each city or 
town subject to the provisions of this act the board of 
health shall appoint an additional inspector of plumb- 
ing, in the same manner and subject to the same quali- 
fications as the regular inspector of plumbing, whose 
duty it shall be to inspect, in the manner prescribed in 
this act, plumbing work done by the regular inspector 
or any person by whom he is employed, or who is em- 
ployed by or with him. Said additional inspector shall 
have authority to act in case of the absence or inability 
of the regular inspector, and shall receive for his services 
such compensation as the regular inspector would for 
a like duty. The provisions of this section shall not 
apply to any city or town which has heretofore estab- 
lished or may hereafter establish an annual salary for 
the position of inspector of plumbing, and in any such 
city or town no inspector of plumbing shall engage in 
or w^ork at the business of plumbing. 

Section 7. Each city or town of five thousand in- 
habitants or more, and every town having a system of 
w^ater supply or sewerage, shall by ordinance or by-law, 
within six months from the passage of this act, pre- 
scribe rules and regulations for the materials, construc- 
tion, alteration and inspection of all pipes, tanks, 
faucets, valves and other fixtures by and through which 
waste water or sewerage is used and carried ; and 
provide that no such pipes, tanks, faucets, valves or 



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other fixtures shall be placed in any building- in such 
city or town except in accordance with plans which 
shall be approved by the board of health of such city or 
town, or the inspector of buildings, where such inspec- 
tor has control of the enforcement of the regulations 
regarding plumbing; and shall further provide that 
no plumbing work shall be done, except in the case 
of repair of leaks, without a permit being first issued 
therefor, upon such terms and conditions as such 
cities or towns shall prescribe. But nothing in this 
section shall prevent boards of health from making 
such rules and regulations in regard to plumbing 
and house drainage, hitherto authorized by law, 
which are not inconsistent with any ordinance or 
by-law^ made under the authority of this section by the 
respective cities or towns within which such boards of 
health have jurisdiction. The provisions of this section 
shall not apply to the city of Boston or to any officer 
or board thereof. 

Section 8. Any person violating any provision of 
this act, or any ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation 
made thereunder, shall be deemed guilt3^ of a misde- 
meanor, and be subject to a fine not exceeding fifty dol- 
lars for each and every violation thereof, and if such 
person has received a license under this act his license 
may be revoked by the board or inspector issuing the 
same; and if such violation was committed in a city 
or tow'n other than that where he received his license, 
the board of health or inspector of buildings having 
jurisdiction may forbid him to engage in or work at the 
business of plumbing for a period not exceeding one 
3'ear in the city or tow^n where the violation was com- 
mitted. If any person to whom a certificate has been 
issued under this act violates any provision thereof, or 
any ordinance, bj^-law, rule or regulation made there- 
under, either the board of health or inspector of build- 
ings issuing his certificate, or the board of health or 
inspector of buildings having jurisdiction where such 
violation w^as committed, may forbid him to engage in 
or work at the business of plumbing in such city or 
town for a period not exceeding one year. Any person 
engaging in or w-orking at the business of plumbing in 
any city or town where he has been forbidden so to do 
under this section shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor, and be subject to a fine not exceeding one 
hundred dollars for every such oflence. Anj^ city or 
town mentioned in section three of this act refusing to 



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comply with any of the provisions of this act shall forfeit 
the sum of fifty dollars to the use of the Common- 
wealth for every month during which such neglect may 
continue. 

Sbction 9. The provisions of this act shall apply to 
all persons who are now or may be hereafter learning 
the business of plumbing, when thej'- are sent out to do 
the work of a journeyman plumber. 

Section 10. Any person now holding an appoint- 
ment as inspector of plumbing may retain his position, 
and, without further examination, be deemed to have 
been appointed under this act. 

Section 11. The boards of health and inspectors of 
buildings hereinbefore mentioned may expend such por- 
tion of all fees collected by them under this act as shall 
become necessary to properly perform all duties im- 
posed by the passage of this act. The said boards or 
inspectors shall annually, before the first day of June, 
make a full report in detail to their respective cities or 
towns of all their proceedings during the year under 
this act. 

Section 12. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent 
herewith are hereby repealed. The provisions of this 
act so far as they are the same as those of chapter four 
hundred and seventy-seven of the acts of the year 
eighteen hundred and ninety-three shall be construed 
as a continuation of that chapter and not as new enact- 
ments. \_Ap proved June 6, 1896. 



[Chap. 453.] 
An Act relative to plumbing. 
Be it enacted, etc., as follows : 

Section 1. The provisions of chapter four hundred 
and fifty-five of the acts of the year eighteen hundred 
and ninety-four shall not be operative in any town 
until accepted by vote of a majority of the voters of 
such town present and voting thereon at a town meet- 
ing, and the provisions of section seven of said chapter 
shall not be operative in any city until accepted by vote 
of its city council. 

Section 2 Any city may, by vote of its city council, 
exempt from the provisions of said chapter four hundred 
and fifty-five any or all of its territory lying outside of 
the limits of the water supply of such city, or unconnec- 
ted with a common sewer. [^Approved June 4, 1895. 



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BALTIMORE RESOLUTIONS- 

Protective Regulations of the National Associa- 
tion OF Master Plumbers, with Amend- 
ments to June 17, 1897. 

Adopted by the National Association of Master 
Plumbers at Baltimore June 26, 1894, and reaffirmed 
at each succeeding convention ; also at Chicago June 
23, 1887 ; and at Boston June, 1888, by the manu- 
facturers and the National Association of Master 
Plumbers. 

Whereas, The manufacturers and wholesale dealers in 
plumbing material persist in selling to consumers, to 
our injury and detriment, placing us toward our cus- 
tomers in the light of extortionists, causing endless 
trouble ; and 

Whereas, The system of protecting us from this 
wrong, which draws in its w-ake other w^rongs, is inef- 
fective, it is absolutely necessary to perfect such a sys- 
tem by united action which will remove these evils from 
which we have suffered for years ; therefore be it 

Resolved, That the members of this Association con- 
fine the purchase of plumbing material to manufactur- 
ers and w^holesale dealers who sell goods to Master 
Plumbers only as defined in these resolutions. 

Resolved, That this Association shall keep a record of 
all journeymen and plumbers who place in buildings 
plumbing material bought by consumers of manu- 
facturers or dealers. 

Resolved, That a committee be appointed by this 
Association in every state and county for the purpose 
of reporting to the proper officers at its head in the 
State any violations of these resolutions. 

Resolved, That these measures are just and necessary 
to our w^elfare, and a rigid enforcement is demanded. 

Resolved, That this convention indorse the above, 
and urge upon the National Association to perfect and 
adopt a uniform system of protection tor the trade over 
their entire jurisdiction. 



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AMENDMENTS ADOPTED AT ST. LOUIS. 

Resolved, That it is not the intention of said resolu- 
tions to prevent the interchange of patented or anj-^ 
other plumbing material between mamafacturers and 
wholesale dealers in such goods, or for the export trade, 
and that the interpretation of the above resolutions be 
left in the hands of the Executive Committee with 
power. 

AMENDMENT ADOPTED AT DEER PARK, MD. 

Resolved, That it is our fixed intention to adhere to 
the line of action already pursued in regard to the pro- 
tection of the trade, and that we relax no honorable 
effort to relieve our business from unjust and discredit- 
able competition on the part of manufacturers and 
supply houses. 

INTERPRETATION OF THE TERM "MASTER PLUMBER," 

ADOPTED AT WASHINGTON AND AMENDED 

AT PHILADELPHIA. 

Resolved, That it is the sense of this convention that 
in the future the interpretation of the term "Master 
Plumber," as set forth in the above resolutions, to 
entitle him to purchase plumbing material, be construed 
to mean a Master Plumber who has an established 
place of business and represents the industry of plumb- 
ing, and who has qualified under state or local enact- 
ments regulating plumbing and plumbers, where such 
exist; or, where no license is required, an individual 
or firm with an established place of business, and repre- 
senting the industry of plumbing. 

AMENDMENT ADOPTED AT MILWAUKEE:. 

Resolved, That any manufacturer or dealer in plumb- 
ing material furnishing net prices, or anj' discount from 
list prices, to others than Master Plumbers, either by 
themselves, employees, or agents, shall be considered as 
disapproving the above resolutions. 

AMENDMENTS ADOPTED AT PHILADELPHIA. 

Resolved, That the mem.bers of this Association 
should not sell plumbing material to consumers when 
they do not furnish the labor forputtingthe material in. 

Resolved, That the supply houses doing a plumbing 
supply business and contracting for plumbing work 
shall be considered unjust competitors. 



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The following are exempt from the operation of the 
above resolutions : 

The United States Government. 

State, County and City Institutions. 

Sailors' Snug Harbor. 

Railroads, Gas, Water and Electric Light Companies 
only for such goods as are necessary for their respective 
lines of business. 

The above resolutions apply to the whole United 
vStates. 



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